When Denver Broncos QB Tim Tebow stopped by “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart“ on Thursday it was first and foremost to plug his new autobiography, “Through My Eyes.” That said, he had took some good-natured ribbing from the host, and provided some decent witty banter.
Tebow was funnier than I expected and he came off quite well. Even for a St. Tebow heretic like me, it was entertaining interview- at times. You can read the repartee here
But then Stewart moved on to discuss the Ohio State Buckeyes scandal, and if we now had reached a breaking point when it comes to compensation for college football players.
“It’s a tough situation,” Tebow said. “I can look on both sides of it. I can look on the NCAA’s side and see how hard it is. They got to manage so many athletes and make sure that none are doing anything illegal. But at the same time, you have athletes that are working extremely hard and make millions and millions for universities and they’re still struggling just to go to Outback just to get something to eat.
“I think something fair would be if some of the athletes just got a little bit more so they could go to dinner. Afford a scooter to drive around campus. Little things like that.”
“Really … a scooter?” Stewart asked. “What are they, Dennis the Menace?”
You can watch the full episode here
